Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Saint John's received fine performances from three different pitchers as the Johnnies swept Augsburg on Saturday, April 23, in Minneapolis. SJU took game one with a 2-0 decision in 10 innings and followed it with a 4-0 shutout in game two.

The Johnnies (15-8, 9-3 MIAC) have now won six straight games and eight of their last nine.

Senior catcher Brian Skluzacek (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) lifted a two-out, two-run double over the right-fielder's head to break a scoreless tie in the top of the 10th. Seniors Matt Boys (Eden Prairie, Minn./Minnetonka) and Andrew Hengel (Bemidji, Minn.) had two hits apiece to lead SJU, as Augsburg's Bryant Nordby allowed six hits in 8.2 innings.

Freshman Joey Long (Belvidere, Ill./Rockford Boylan) induced a game-ending double play to post three innings of scoreless relief and improve to 3-0 on the season. He scattered three hits and struck out two. Long now has 0.00 ERA in 10 MIAC innings of relief (0.63 ERA in 14.1 innings overall).

Senior Brett Kramer (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd) allowed four hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in seven scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 1.42 in 44.1 innings (seven starts) this season. He now has a 0.64 ERA in 28 MIAC innings and has allowed just two earned runs in his last 32 innings pitched since the Johnnies' spring break trip in Arizona.

The Johnnies hit into three double plays and left seven men on base, including the bases loaded in the first and runners on second and third in the second.

Sophomore Connor Cline (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) pitched a gem in game two, allowing only two hits and one walk with three strikeouts in the complete-game shutout. He improves to 5-1 with a 3.21 ERA  and a .218 opponent batting average in 33.2 innings of work.

SJU gained a 1-0 lead in the fourth with an unearned run and added another in the fifth via sacrifice fly from sophomore third baseman Max Forster (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins). The Johnnies added two more runs, with two outs, in the seventh. Forster smacked an RBI double and Kramer brought him in with an RBI single. Forster was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. SJU only had five hits but left nine on base in the game.

Saint John's returns home to host Hamline this Tuesday, April 26. The doubleheader is schedule for 2:30 p.m. in Collegeville.